Guwahati, April 17 -- Security forces in Manipur's Imphal West dispersed a large rally at Singjamei on Thursday, April 16, after it turned tense over the April 7 violence in Bishnupur district's Tronglaobi village, where a suspected militant attack killed two children and left their mother critically injured.

The victims were a five-year-old boy and his five-month-old sister. Locals claimed that the blast was caused by an explosive projectile, suspected to have been launched from distant hill regions located more than three kilometres away, reflecting ongoing tension along the hill-valley boundary near Churachandpur.

The protest march, organised by the All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO) and other groups, began in Lilong and ...